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John McDonnell vs Saqib Bhatti

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of John McDonnell
John McDonnell
Lab Hayes and Harlington
vs
Photograph of Saqib Bhatti
Saqib Bhatti
Con Meriden and Solihull East

Voting alignment

John McDonnell and Saqib Bhatti voted the same way 4% of the time, based on 1,107 shared comparable votes.

43 same votes 1,064 different votes 1,107 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
30 Aye 10 No
Education 15% aligned 40 shared votes
6 Aye 34 No
19 Aye 15 No
NHS / Health 6% aligned 34 shared votes
17 Aye 17 No
18 Aye 8 No
Digital / Online Safety 4% aligned 26 shared votes
7 Aye 19 No
16 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 26 shared votes
11 Aye 15 No
16 Aye 14 No
Housing 3% aligned 30 shared votes
15 Aye 15 No
Most different by topic
24 Aye 28 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 52 shared votes
28 Aye 24 No
33 Aye 17 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 50 shared votes
17 Aye 33 No
26 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 49 shared votes
23 Aye 26 No
23 Aye 18 No
Trade 0% aligned 41 shared votes
18 Aye 23 No
23 Aye 17 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 40 shared votes
17 Aye 23 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

79.2%
7% above average
Rank 218 of 649
Participation
81.3%
9% above average
Rank 177 of 649
1,881
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,348
1,658 eligible divisions
1,021
54.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
667
49.5% of votes cast
860
45.7% of votes cast
No votes
681
50.5% of votes cast
24
1.3% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
29 years, 5 months
Since 1 May 1997
Commons service
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

128
+44.4 vs Commons average
Rank 100 of 650
Appearances
84
+0.4 vs Commons average
Rank 249 of 650
161
+15.3 vs Commons average
Rank 183 of 650
Contributions
112
-33.7 vs Commons average
Rank 308 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,684,777
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,147,083
all imported IPSA years
£269,647
19% above average
Latest expenses
£271,361
20% above average
4
1 registered category
Registered interests
7
5 registered categories
7
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
63 of 69 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#2
Trade
50 of 53 votes
Environment / Climate
43 of 48 votes
#3
Migration
142 of 154 votes
Migration
153 of 171 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
46 of 50 votes
Defence
63 of 71 votes
#5
Crime / Justice
156 of 174 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
No
Aye
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
No
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 142 8 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
Aye
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
No
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to insist on Amendment 38J and disagree with Lords Amendments 38V to 38X 22 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (c) in lieu of Lords Amendment 106 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: Amendments (a) to (f) in lieu of Lords Amendment 38 15 Apr 2026
Education
No
No
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
No
Aye
Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Mar 2026
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 106 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
No
Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 38 9 Mar 2026
Education
No
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